{"id":5569,"date":"2012-12-31T19:52:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T19:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=5569"},"modified":"2021-12-04T22:19:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T22:19:46","slug":"luck-to-start-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/luck-to-start-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Luck to Start the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This article on luck is a great post to open the New Year. \u00a0Make 2013 your luckiest year yet by following these simple guidelines.<\/p>\n

There are people who seem to have been born lucky. They know what they want, set out to get it, and somehow, everything falls into place. Even if something goes wrong along the way, they still manage to land on their feet.<\/p>\n

Some people, on the other hand, who just can\u2019t seem to catch a break. These are the people who believe that someday their luck will turn, and that someday, the \u201clucky ones\u201d will run out of luck too. Some of them will simply blame the stars \u2013 they believe they\u2019re fated to be unlucky, and they can\u2019t do anything about it.<\/p>\n

In a strange way, the unlucky ones are right, or so says Drawk Kwast. In his article Science of Luck<\/strong> on Small Business CEO Magazine, he explains that \u201cThe biggest reason you don\u2019t have the life you want is because you are focused on what you aren\u2019t getting. You see only your lack of luck. Successful people live life as they desire because they focus on what they are getting.\u201d<\/p>\n

The unlucky ones are unlucky because they believe they\u2019re unlucky. Makes sense, right?<\/p>\n

Drawk shares the results of a study conducted by Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire. In the study, he asked two groups of people, a \u201clucky\u201d group and an \u201cunlucky\u201d one, to look through a newspaper and tell him how many photographs were in it. On average, the lucky people had their answers in seconds, while the unlucky ones took two minutes.<\/p>\n

Luck is about keeping your eyes open<\/p>\n

The lucky ones saw a large message taking up half of the second page that said: \u201cStop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper.\u201d The unlucky ones totally missed it and kept counting.<\/p>\n

The key, as Drawk puts it is this: \u201cIt\u2019s not about luck. It\u2019s about keeping your eyes open.\u201d He goes on to say that he\u2019s among the lucky ones, \u201cnot that I have better luck than other people; it\u2019s that I can see things that others can\u2019t.\u201d Drawk can identify opportunities for growth and success that many others can\u2019t, and he also interacts with as many people as possible to create those opportunities.<\/p>\n

Luck is about extending your hand<\/p>\n

This idea is shared by other lucky people. One of them is Tom McCarthy, whom was interviewed a few months back for a NOBS TALK on Increasing Your Luck. Tom explains: \u201cOne of the things lucky people do that unlucky people tend not to do is they maximize the number of opportunities that come to them.\u201d By being outgoing, by introducing yourself to others, and by expanding your network, you create opportunities for yourself, and improve your luck.<\/p>\n

Luck is about listening to your gut<\/p>\n

Tom also shares that lucky people listen to their \u201clucky hunches,\u201d while unlucky ones go against them. If that doesn\u2019t quite make sense, replace \u201clucky hunches\u201d with gut or intuition. You improve your luck by following your gut \u2013 it might not get it 100% right, but more often than not, your intuition will steer you in the right direction, and you\u2019ll be happier for it.<\/p>\n

Luck is about keeping a smile on your face<\/p>\n

This brings us two the idea that lucky people are happier. The idea seems so obvious \u2013 if things just seem to fall in place for you, of course you\u2019ll be happy about that. What most people don\u2019t see, however, is that it works when you flip things around \u2013 happy people are luckier too.<\/p>\n

J.D. Roth discusses this on Zen Habits in his article How to Make the Most Out of Luck in Your Career and Life. \u201cA person who leads a balanced life is happier, more relaxed, more open to new experiences,\u201d J.D. Explains. \u201cIf you maintain good relationships, pursue satisfying hobbies, go out of your way to help others, and continue to pursue personal growth, you will become a well-rounded person, just the sort that \u2018luck\u2019 favors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Levy also discusses this briefly in his article The Five Principles for Prosperity. The first principle he shares is to Enjoy Everything. Enthusiasm and exploration, he says, \u201cleave the door open for future development.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drawk Kwast really sums it up well: \u201cThis has nothing to do with luck. It\u2019s pure science.\u201d Luck is all about your attitude and your outlook. It\u2019s about opening your eyes, creating opportunities, following your gut, and maintaining a positive attitude. The question now is this:<\/p>\n

Will you create your own luck, or will you be one of those who do nothing but complain?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Photo by\u00a0billaday\u00a0www.flickr.com\/photos\/billselak\/2067139101\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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